List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
popular JLPT N5 noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) な adjective adverb
- same, identical, equal, alike, equivalent
- anyway, in any case, if one must ..., if one has to ..., as long as ...
popular JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance
- distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time)
- distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone)
- far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off
- hard (of hearing)
- nearsighted
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale
- to suck, to sip, to slurp
- to absorb, to soak up
- to kiss
popular JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile
- non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial
- slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy, simple
- indiscriminate
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- hot, warm, sultry, heated
- passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.)
- on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb shogi honorific language auxiliary verb
- to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
- to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
- to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
- to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
- to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
- to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do)
- to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make
- to play (the part of), to act as
- to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as
- to be promoted
- to do ...
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to answer, to reply
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to swallow up, to engulf
- to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath)
- to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to
- to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe
- to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- dirty, filthy, foul, unclean
- disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting)
- indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse
- dastardly, mean, base, underhanded
- stingy, greedy
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to show, to display
- to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ...
- to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining
- to have (something) looked at (by a specialist), to have (an antique, etc.) appraised
- to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor), to take (someone) to a doctor
- to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others
- to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...